Corner piece for sheathing



`lan. 26, 1932.

P. "P, WELTY CORNER PIECE vOR SHEATHING Filed July 23, 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet l Jan. 26, 1932.' R RWELTY 1,843,056

CORNER PIECE FOR SHEATHING Filed July 23, 1930v 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Jan. 26, 1932 j PETE?. P. WELTY, or PANDORA, oHro 'CORNER PIECE FOR SHEATH'ING Application filed July 23, 1930. Serial No. 4170,100.

This invention relates to sheathing for buildings, and particularly to corner strips or pieces having surface decorations simulating courses of building material of dierent 5 colors, such as bricks', stone, or other blocks, and the mort-'ar joints between them, which simulated joints mayextend :vertically and horizontally.

It is a furtherl object of the invention to produce corner pieces or covering simulating bricks and intermediatelilling material colored to simulate the mortar joints of the corner pieces.

It is a still further object of the invention to provide a corner piece whose outer surface is decorated in the manner set forth, and to provide the rear surface of the corner piece with a lining whose surface immediately back of the corner piece is colored to correspond with the color of that portion ofthe corner piece which is intended to simulate or represent the mortar joints.

It is furthermore anobject of the invention to provide the edges of the corner piece and the edges of the lining with transversely disposed slits, the slits of the corner piece being in steppedrelation to the slits of the lining. The corner piece also has slits eX- tending vertically from a transverse slit, one edge of each of the slitted portions of the lining being inserted through a slitof th vcorner piece and extending over the outer surface of the corner piece for a suitable distance, in order that the lining, which will be 35 coated with a coloring of the simulated mortar joints, will be exposed when the ends of the siding strips which are to be assembled in associated relation with the corner' piece are secured in place.

It is a still further object of this invention to provide a corner piece of this character for the purpose of ornamentation and for the further purpose of vinsuring the proper location of the siding strips with relation to the simulated mortar joints of the corner piece.

By reason of the invention; a corner piece may be provided which, when bent around the corner of a building, will have the appearance of courses of bricks in which the sides and ends of bricks are depicted or shown where the corner is formed, and it also enables an operator to expeditiously cover the corner through the employment of a plurality of corner pieces, one of which will lap the other with a short joint as they are progressively applied to the building vertically and preferably from bottom to top.

. By reason of this invention, furthermore, the cost of assembling the corner pieces is minimized, as compared with methods now in common use, and waterproof joints are insured between the corner piece and the siding strips.

Vith the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists in the details of construction, and in the arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this application, wherein like characters denote corresponding parts in the several views, and in Which- Figure l illustrates avperspective view of a fragment of a corner piece embodying the invention;

Figure 2 illustrates 'a perspective view of the inner face of a corner piece;

Figure 3 illustrates a sectional view Vof fragments of upper and lower courses of corner pieces at their joints;

Figure 4 illustrates a View in elevation showing a fragment of a corner with the siding strips assembled therewith;

Figure 5 illustrates a plan View 0f a fragment of a siding strip;

Figure 6 illustrates a detail of the assembled siding strips and corner piece; y

Figure 7 illustrates a sectional view on the line 77 of Fig. 6;

Figure 8 illustrates a view on a reduced scale of a fragment of the facing of the outer layer of the corner piece; and

vFigure 9 illustrates a view on a reduced scale of the lining.

In these drawings, 10 denotes the outer layer of the corner piece and 11 the inner layer or lining thereof. The outer layer of the corner piece is decorated to simulate courses of building material, such as brick, and in- Y The courses depicted or shown on each corner piece should preferably be of even numbers, such as 4, 6, or on, up to 2O or more, so long as they are of even number.

The end edges of the corner piece are crenellated, the ends of the several simulated courses being horizontally staggered to a slight extent sol that the siding strips may Contact or engagewith the projecting portions of such end edges at (Jr, as shown in Figure 6, and simulate mortar joints at the adjacent course portions.

The surface material or facing 10 of the corner piece has a plurality of slots 14 which are produced by slitting or slotting the material horizontally at its opposite end edges, the slots on the opposite end edges being in vertically staggered relation to one another.

- The distance of the slotsfrom each other on each end edge is equal to the distance bel tween two courses of building elements, such as bricks, and the distance between two siniulated joints between the building elements, the slots being, in the present embodiment of the invention, at the upper edge of the simulated mortar joint and at the lower edge of the second siding strip of the series.

There are also provided vertical slots 15 extending from the inner ends of the slots 1d at right angles thereto, as shown in Figure 8. rlhe lining material l1 is provided also with slots 16 so that certain of the portions between the slots 16 maybe pushed through the slots 14 fromI front'to rear of the facing and pressed down against the front of the facing adjacent the slots 14;. In the drawings, the reference character A designates that part of the facing whereon these projecting portions of the lining rest, the latter being indicated at B. The portions B are of the same color as the simulated mortar joints and thus, when .the siding strips are in position, themselves simulate mortar joints as shown at B in Figure 4.

In the somewhat arbitrary illustration adopted for showing theassembly as it appears in Figure 6, the fragment D of the siding strip which is in the zone of the siding strip E overlies the said siding strip E, but, for the purpose-of showingthe relation of the siding strip E over to the edge of the corner piece, the dotted line illustration has been adopted.

As Figure 7 is taken on the line 7--7 through the assembled elements at the joints between the siding strips and the corner piece, the identifying reference letters are.' applied to Figure 7 as they are applied to Figure 6l to denote like parts in the several views.

In further explanation of the arrangement.

of parts, as best seen in Figure 6, A indicates the material of the corner piece, and the' lining material overlying a portion of the material of the corner piece.' The inner end of the siding strip D overlies the lining B and a portion of the end of the siding strip is in spaced relation to the corner piece at the vertical edge 15 of the corner piece. That portion of the lining, therefore, which is visible between the edge 15 of the corner piece and the end of the siding strip simulates the mortar'joint between these parts of the structure. In the course immediately below the one just described and, asv shown particularly in Fig. 6, the edge of the corner piece is engaged by the end of the siding strip which is notched or cut away at its end a distance equal to half the width of a mortar joint,

'so that when the said strip is in engagement with the'edge of the corner piece as at G, a simulated mortar joint appears immediately below this contacting portion between the edge of the corner piece and the siding strip, there being a gap at this point exposing the siding strip F immediately below the siding strip E and which is located with its upper portion underlying the siding strip E.

The siding strips which are intended for assembly with relation to one another and the corner piece are each provided with a zone 18 colored to simulate the color of a mortar joint between the building elements, and the said color may be that of any of the well known building elements, and the inventor does not wish to be limited with respect to this. The zone 19 of the siding strips is colored to simulate brick or other building elements, and the said color may be that of any of the well known building elements, and the inventor does not wish to be limited with respect to this. The siding strips are also provided with vertical slots 2O extending from their lower edges through the zone colored for the building elements and into the zone colored for the mortar joint, the said slots extending linto the zone colored for the mortar joint a distance equaling the width of a mortar joint, in order that when the siding strips are assembled, the lower edge of one strip will aline with the upper edges of the slots.

I claim:

l. In a corner piece for sheathing, an outer layer of sheathing differently colored to simulate building material and interposed mortar joints, the said layer having transversely disposed slots extending from their lateral edges, the slots in one edge being in stepped of sheathing differently colored to simulate building material and interposed mortar joints, the said la er having transversely disposed slots exten ingrfrom their lateral edges, the slots in one edge being in stepped relation to the slots of the other edge, the said material having vertically disposed slots merging with the transversely disposed slots, a lining for the outer layer having trans- `1,0 versely disposed slots into which the edges of the outer layer are fitted, the portions of the lining having portions projecting through the slots of the outer layer and overlying portions of the outer layer, the outer surface of the lining being colored to correspond With the color of the mortar joints, and siding strips assembled with relation to the corner pieces with portions thereof overlying portions of the outer surfaces of the linings 2o whereby the uncovered portions of said 1inings simulate mortar joints between each of the siding strips and the corner pieces.

PETER P.4 WELTY. 

